Promoting Stretching Exercise to Reduce Cardiovascular Health Risk in Late Pregnant Women With Obesity
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Enrolling by invitation
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Risk Factor
- Obesity
- Pregnancy Related
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Parallel AssignmentIntervention Model Description: A parallel design will be used, with an equal allocation of 306 obese pregnant women to the two groups: stretching exercise and enhanced usual care.Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)Masking Description: Masking will not be completed in this trial.Primary Purpose: Prevention
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 18 years and 125 years
- Gender
- Only males
Description
Although being sedentary can lead to excess risk for maternal and child mortality and morbidity, most pregnant women reduce their physical activity and only 8% meet the recommendations in the 3rd trimester. In a prior randomized control trial, it was found that fewer women who stretched developed pr...
Although being sedentary can lead to excess risk for maternal and child mortality and morbidity, most pregnant women reduce their physical activity and only 8% meet the recommendations in the 3rd trimester. In a prior randomized control trial, it was found that fewer women who stretched developed preeclampsia than did women who walked (3/60 "stretchers" vs. 10/64 "walkers", p=.05). In this study, participants will either receive a stretching intervention
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT04291560
- Collaborators
- National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: SeonAe Yeo, PhD, FAAN University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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